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Social Genocide

  • March 2004
  • 2hrs

  • Documentary
  • Directed by

    Fernando E. Solanas,

    Alain Rozanés,

    Fernando E. Solanas,

    Pierre-Alain Meier

    ...

    Starring

    Mick Jagger,

    Keith Richards,

    Ronnie Wood,

    Carlos Saúl Menem

    ...

    After the fall of the military dictatorship in 1983, successive democratic governments launched a series of reforms purporting to turn Argentina into the world's most liberal and prosperous economy. Less than twenty years later, the Argentinians have lost literally everything: major national companies have been sold well below value to foreign corporations; the proceeds of privatizations have been diverted into the pockets of corrupt officials; revised labour laws have taken away all rights from employees; in a country that is traditionally an important exporter of foodstuffs, malnutrition is widespread; millions of people are unemployed and sinking into poverty; and their savings have disappeared in a final banking collapse. The film highlights numerous political, financial, social and judicial aspects that mark out Argentina's road to ruin.